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SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG 
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
 (Đề gồm có 04 trang) MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 376
 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
 Question 1:A. apprehension B. presidential	C. considerate	D. destination
 Question 2:A. persuasively B. communicate	C. supervisor	D. conditional
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 3: Union leaders called for.......between themselves and the government. 
A. speeches	B. debates	C. elections	D. consultations
Question 4: When her parents died, Brenda.......of the house and all its contents.
A. dispensed	B. discarded	C. disposed	D. discharged
Question 5: In my opinion, it's only common......to wear a seat belt in a car.
A. intelligence	B. judgement	C. wit	D. sense
Question 6: Whenever my parents went out in the evening, I.......the job of taking care of my younger brother.
A. must have gotten	B. would get	C. should get	D. had better get
Question 7: Only the highest standards of conduct are........for a man in his position.
A. approving	B. admissible	C. accessible	D. favourable
Question 8: The child's arm was swollen because he.......by a bee.
A. had being stung 	B. had stung	C. stung.	D. had been stung
Question 9: After the revolution, the ex-president eventually found a safe.......in the Far East. 
A. haven	B. sanctuary	C. refuge	D. asylum
Question 10: The most important........that he was responsible for was the use of video in teaching. 
A. reformation	B. novelty	C. introduction	D. innovation
Question 11: There's nothing we can do to change their decision. We'll just have to.......the best of the situation.
A. have	B. make	C. give	D. take
Question 12: Financial help from his parents.......James to complete his studies.
A. granted	B. provided	C. eased	D. enabled
Question 13: Scientists......a carefully controlled experiment on the mystery virus.
A. measured out	B. carried over	C. put up 	D. carried out
Question 14: One.......adults takes physical exercise at least once a week.
A. from four	B. with four	C. in four	D. at four
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
 Question 15:A. stein	B. height	C. heist	D. perceive
 Question 16:A. obstacle	B. treacle	C. muscle	D. pinnacle
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 17: The pupils are very excited because their school team has won the football championship.
A. enthusiastic	B. thrilled	C. energetic	D. vehemently
Question 18: I сап't believe these shoes have broken already; they cost аn аrm and а leg.
A. have been worn out	B. cause difficulty to walking
C. are very expensive	D. are not good for walking in 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 19: No proofs of the murder have been found. The investigation took ten months.
A. Taking ten months to investigate the murder, no proofs have been found.
B. Despite ten months' investigation, no proofs of the murder have been found.
C. Although no proofs of the murder have been found, the investigation took ten months.
D. No matter how ten months long the investigation took, no proofs of the murder have been found.
Question 20: Dad tries to earn more. Mum spends more on clothes and cosmetics.
A. The more Dad tries to earn, the more Mum spends on clothes and cosmetics. 
B. The more Dad tries to earn, the more clothes and cosmetics Mum spends.
C. Dad tries to earn more, so Mum spends more on clothes and cosmetics.
D. Because Dad tries to earn more, Mum spends more on clothes and cosmetics.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 21 to 27.
KITCHEN KNIVES AND OFFICE SKILLS
 Companies are always looking for ways to make their employees happy and productive. That is why they go to the trouble and expense of sending them away on training courses. Some courses have a direct connection to work, such as computer training, language skills and time management. Other activities are said to help employees develop so-called 'soft skills', a popular example is team-building. Climbing, canoeing, treasure hunts and sailing are just a few of the ways on offer to get employees together out of the office to discover new things about themselves and one another.
 Companies can now forget rope courses and golf outings. The cooking class approach to corporate team-building has caught on and cooking schools across the country are expanding to meet demand. Last year, Hands On Gourmet, a company in San Francisco, tripled the number of chefs it has on call to 32. Cooking by the Book, acompany based in New York, did 178 team-building events last year, a 24% increase over the previous year.
 'This is a wonderful way to break the ice and get people familiar with each other while getting them to do som ething as basic as cooking,' said Stephen Gibbs, a co-owner of Hands On Gourmet, whose corporate team-building business in the last year has increased to twenty events a month from an average of twelve. 'Cooking events serve as an equaliser,' Mr Gibbs said, 'where the hierarchies of the office do not always translate. In the kitchen, it's not about top-down structure,' he said. 'Everyone is working on the same level.'
 Bibby Gignilliat, the owner of Parties That Cook said the change of scenery makes people see their colleagues in a different light. 'It breaks down your stereotype of people in the office,' Ms Gignilliat said. 'You might not especially like someone you work with, but sud denly you're working on a recipe with them and you see they're a really good cook. 'This is true of other team-bonding pursuits, of course. And fortunatey most people are willing to give cooking a try, as the minimal level of competence in the kitchen is relatively low. What's more, the kitchen can represent a microcosm of the working world, with a deadline, limited resources to work with and a requirement for cooperation. Ms Gignilliat said that unlike the corporate world, where co-workers might be collaborating on a project for a year, in the cooking class' they can see results after an hour'.
 Some of the most gratifying results can come from a cooking event with people who barely know one another. Ms Gignilliat said she started doing cuisine-centred team-building eight years ago, when 40 or so executives arrived in San Francisco from Asia to negotiate a deal. The local law firm they were working with setup a team-building class with Ms Gignilliatat the home of one of the lawyers.
 Ms Gignilliat was sceptical at first. 'I walked into the living room and they were stand ing in a circle, very formally, and no one was talking ,' she recalled. She tried to break the silence with a cheerful, 'OK! Who wants to cook!' No response.
 Once she managed to get the men to the kitchen and into aprons, she showed them how to make stuffed chicken and straw berry cheesecake. 'By the end of the night, everyone was having fun,' she recalled. Ms Gignilliat heard later that her class had been the high light of the group's two-week stay in San Francisco. 'That's when I knew I was on to something ,' she said . 'Food is a universal language and nothing brings people together better than creating a meal.'
[Source: PREMIUM B2, Workbook, Pearson 2010]
Question 21: What does the phrase caught on in paragraph 2 mean?
A. became popular or fashionable	B. tried to get people involved
C. started to understand something	D. got better and reached a certain standard
Question 22: What did Ms Gignilliat discover after her first cooking course?
A. It worked well as a team-building activity.	B. The menu she selected was a popular choice.
C. The group wanted to repeat the experience.	D. There was a demand for longer courses.
Question 23: In paragraph 4, Bibby Gignilliat says that cooking classes help people to.....
A. become better, more confident cooks.
B. learn new ways of preparing food from each other.
C. change their attitude to their colleagues.
D. form better relationships than other team-building courses.
Question 24: Stephen Gibbs believes that.....
A. cooking is a good example of a hierarchical activity.
B. cooking together reduces the differences in people’s status.
C. people who give orders at work are also leaders in thekitchen.
D. everyone has to do an equal amount of work when cooking.
Question 25: According to the first paragraph, team-building courses are......
A. directly related to the world of business.	B. organised outside the place of work.
C. held in the place where people work.	D. too expensive for companies.
Question 26: In paragraph 5, what does Ms Gignilliat say is an advantage of cooking courses?
A. People quickly develop a high level of competence in the kitchen.
B. People get the satisfaction of seeing results in a short time.
C. There aren't the same pressures as in normal working life.
D. People remember the projects years after they finish thecourse.
Question 27: In paragraph 6, Ms Gignilliat states that the course often works best with.....
A. people who know each other well.	 B. people who regularly work together on projects.
C. large groups of executives from different countries. D. people who don’t know each other well.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 28 to 33.
CORALS
 Many of the most endangered coral species around the world are under severe pressure from the aquarium trade. Corals are notoriously hard to ...(28)... in captivity and therefore the trade is still ...(29)... dependent on harvesting from the wild. Trade in coral and coral reef species is substantial. An estimated 30 million fish and 1.5 million live stony corals are removed from seas around the world every year. The aquarium industry targets some 1,500 species of reef fish. Many die in transit, leading collectors to gather even more animals to ...(30)... for their losses. Furthermore, many of the fish taken for the aquarium trade are captured using cyanide and other poisons. The result, more often than not, is consumer fraud: aquarium fanciers frequently buy fish that are in the ...(31)... of dying from the poisons used to capture them. Sadly, international law has failed, and continues to fail to protect coral reefs and tropical fish from being ...(32)... by a growing collector’s market. The 21st century will be the most important in the existence of coral reefs over the past 5,000 to 10,000 years. Humans will make important decisions (either intentionally or by indecision) that wiIl ...(33)... the fate of these fragile and crucially important ecosystems.
[Source: CPE USE OF ENGLISH, Virginia Evans, 2013]
 Question 28:A. propagate	B. manufacture	C. fabricate	D. proliferate
 Question 29:A. adequately	B. heavily	C. amply	D. closely
 Question 30:A. offset	B. settle	C. compensate	D. counteract
 Question 31:A. process	B. way	C. action	D. manner
 Question 32:A. cut	B. lessened	C. decimated	D. reduced
 Question 33:A. validate	B. verify	C. choose 	D. decide
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 34: I haven’t decided what sort of job I’d like to do when I leave college.
A. I don't care about what sort of job I’d like to do when I leave college.
B. I haven’t made up my mind about what the sort of job I’d like to do when I leave college.
C. I wonder whether I’d like to do what sort of job when I leave college.
D. I haven't made sure of what sort of job I’d like to do when I leave college.
Question 35: Louise didn’t really feel like going out for a meal.
A. Going out for a meal was not to Louise's taste.
B. Louise wasn’t really in the mood for going out for a meal.
C. Louise was angered not to go out for a meal.
D. Louise was too ill at ease to go out for a meal.
Question 36: Tony never took any notice of the advice people gave him.
A. Peoples' advice to Tony wasn't ever noticed.
B. Tonly meant to make light of anyone's advice.
C. Tony always ignores others' advice.
D. Tony always paid no attention to the advice people gave him.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Question 37: ~ A: “..............” ~ B: “Just sound sleep and push-ups after rising.”
A. Tell me what to do after meals.	B. What’s the best method to keep up her mood?
C. How can I keep myself intact?	D. What can help to keep fit?
Question 38: ~ A: “Do you always wear perfume going out, Nancy?” ~ B: “..............”
A. Quite cumbersome. Mum tells me off for that.	B. Never. I often get wet on the way home.
C. Certainly. My skin gets sunburnt easily.	D. Almost never, except on date.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 39: He doesn't often make such offers - I'd strike while the iron is hot if I were you. 
A. make great efforts	B. make full use of the time
C. miss the boat	D. to take advantage of the opportunity
Question 40: The firemen fought for three hours before they managed to put out the fire.
A. kindle	B. stop burning	C. save out	D. rescue
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 41: Banks store cash in fireproof safes insured against fire, robberies, floods, theft, and natural disaster.
A. store cash	B. natural disaster	C. robberies	D. safes insured
Question 42: Never in the history of humanity there have been more people living on this relatively small planet.
A. living	B. in the history	C. more people	D. there have
Question 43: A supersonic airplane can fly faster than a speed of sound.
A. a	B. fly	C. supersonic	D. faster than
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.
IS JENNY COMING OUT TO PLAY?
 Whatever happened to the familiar scenes from the past of children with grass-stained knees wrestling on the front lawn, or chasing after grasshoppers and toads while their parents chatted amicably with the neighbours over the fence? This idyllic picture is fading fast as today s children are spending increasingly more time indoors in front of a screen.
 Writer Richard Louv coined a name for this trend of humans losing touch with their environment as they plug in their technology. He calls it “nature deficit disorder” in his 2005 book, Last Child in the Woods. Louv introduces the idea that the rise in behavioural problems and learning disabilities, particularly among boys aged 6 to 12, may be directly linked to the fact that children spend so little time outdoors these days.
 According to Louv, kids who spend time outdoors are less likely to get sick, or become stressed or aggressive. They’re also more flexible, perform better in school, and are generally happier and healthier. 
 Author and professor, Bryan Caplan, says the trend is partly due to parents’ desire to shelter their children: “One of the hardest parts of parenthood is worrying that something terrible will happen to your child. The news is full of stories about parents who failed to shield their child from the dangers of the world - enough to make anyone sick.”
 But in desiring to keep kids safe, parents may be unwittingly putting them at risk for a great number of issues, from obesity and other health problems to learning and behavioral challenges.
 Various groups and individuals, such as the Trust for Public Land and Michelle Obama are working to entice kids to spend more time outside and give them a taste of the old days. Society has changed to such an extent that parents feel uncomfortable letting their children roam freely outdoors. It is not only the appeal of computers and video games that has driven children inside, but also anxiety over traffic, crime, and child predators. However, with more public awareness of the issue, it may not be too late to turn back the clock.
[Source: AMERICAN ENGLISH FILE 5, Workbook 2nd Edition, Oxford, 2015]
Question 44: In his book, Richard Louv tries to explain.....
A. the consequences of playing too many video games.
B. the recent increase in developmental issues among children.
C. the news media’s influence on people’s parenting styles.
D. the effect of technology on health and education.
Question 45: The idiom “to turn back the clock” is closest in meaning to....
A. to go back to the past ways done	B. to use the old-age method
C. to remember times in the past	D. to let bygones be bygones
Question 46: The writer believes that.....
A. more should be done to reduce street crime.
B. new technology is solely responsible for the situation.
C. there is some hope that children will be allowed to play outside again.
D. today’s parents are overprotective of their children,
Question 47: Bryan Caplan believes parents are nervous because.....
A. they are unable to protect their children.	B. children today get sick more easily.
C. TV shows are less educational these days.	D. news coverage is often so negative.
Question 48: The article says that spending too much time indoors......
A. causes children to eat more junk food.	B. contributes to problems at school.
C. has been an issue for many years,	D. is a result of parents’ lack of education.
Question 49: The writer expresses the concern that many parents.....
A. spend too much time indoors themselves.	 B. do not monitor children’s time online.
C. are unaware of the dangers of children staying indoors. D. teach their children bad habits.
Question 50: Which of the following words is synonymous of “to entice”?
A. invite	B. lure	C. implore	D. urge
The End
SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG 
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
 (Đề gồm có 04 trang) MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 775
 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
 Question 1:A. destination	B. presidential	C. considerate	D. apprehension
 Question 2:A. supervisor	B. conditional	C. communicate	D. persuasively
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 3: I сап't believe these shoes have broken already; they cost аn аrm and а leg.
A. have been worn out	B. are very expensive
C. cause difficulty to walking	D. are not good for walking in 
Question 4: The pupils are very excited because their school team has won the football championship.
A. enthusiastic	B. thrilled	C. vehemently	D. energetic
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: Whenever my parents went out in the evening, I.......the job of taking care of my younger brother.
A. had better get	B. must have gotten	C. should get	D. would get
Question 6: Only the highest standards of conduct are........for a man in his position.
A. approving	B. accessible	C. admissible	D. favourable
Question 7: In my opinion, it's only common......to wear a seat belt in a car.
A. sense	B. judgement	C. wit	D. intelligence
Question 8: The child's arm was swollen because he.......by a bee.
A. stung.	B. had been stung	C. had being stung 	D. had stung
Question 9: Scientists......a carefully controlled experiment on the mystery virus.
A. measured out	B. carried out	C. put up 	D. carried over
Question 10: The most important........that he was responsible for was the use of video in teaching. 
A. novelty	B. innovation	C. introduction	D. reformation
Question 11: Union leaders called for.......between themselves and the government. 
A. speeches	B. elections	C. consultations	D. debates
Question 12: When her parents died, Brenda.......of the house and all its contents.
A. discharged	B. disposed	C. dispensed	D. discarded
Question 13: Financial help from his parents.......James to complete his studies.
A. granted	B. eased	C. enabled	D. provided
Question 14: After the revolution, the ex-president eventually found a safe.......in the Far East. 
A. haven	B. sanctuary	C. refuge	D. asylum
Question 15: There's nothing we can do to change their decision. We'll just have to.......the best of the situation.
A. have	B. make	C. give	D. take
Question 16: One.......adults takes physical exercise at least once a week.
A. from four	B. at four	C. in four	D. with four
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
 Question 17:A. treacle	B. pinnacle	C. obstacle	D. muscle
 Question 18:A. stein	B. perceive	C. heist	D. height
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 19: He doesn't often make such offers - I'd strike while the iron is hot if I were you. 
A. make full use of the time	B. make great efforts
C. to take advantage of the opportunity	D. miss the boat
Question 20: The firemen fought for three hours before they managed to put out the fire.
A. stop burning	B. save out	C. kindle	D. rescue
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Question 21: ~ A: “Do you always wear perfume going out, Nancy?” ~ B: “..............”
A. Certainly. My skin gets sunburnt easily.	B. Quite cumbersome. Mum tells me off for that.
C. Never. I often get wet on the way home.	D. Almost never, except on date.
Question 22: ~ A: “..............” ~ B: “Just sound sleep and push-ups after rising.”
A. What can help to keep fit?	B. What’s the best method to keep up her mood?
C. How can I keep myself intact?	D. Tell me what to do after meals.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 29.
KITCHEN KNIVES AND OFFICE SKILLS
 Companies are always looking for ways to make their employees happy and productive. That is why they go to the trouble and expense of sending them away on training courses. Some courses have a direct connection to work, such as computer training, language skills and time management. Other activities are said to help employees develop so-called 'soft skills', a popular example is team-building. Climbing, canoeing, treasure hunts and sailing are just a few of the ways on offer to get employees together out of the office to discover new things about themselves and one another.
 Companies can now forget rope courses and golf outings. The cooking class approach to corporate team-building has caught on and cooking schools across the country are expanding to meet demand. Last year, Hands On Gourmet, a company in San Francisco, tripled the number of chefs it has on call to 32. Cooking by the Book, acompany based in New York, did 178 team-building events last year, a 24% increase over the previous year.
 'This is a wonderful way to break the ice and get people familiar with each other while getting them to do som ething as basic as cooking,' said Stephen Gibbs, a co-owner of Hands On Gourmet, whose corporate team-building business in the last year has increased to twenty events a month from an average of twelve. 'Cooking events serve as an equaliser,' Mr Gibbs said, 'where the hierarchies of the office do not always translate. In the kitchen, it's not about top-down structure,' he said. 'Everyone is working on the same level.'
 Bibby Gignilliat, the owner of Parties That Cook said the change of scenery makes people see their colleagues in a different light. 'It breaks down your stereotype of people in the office,' Ms Gignilliat said. 'You might not especially like someone you work with, but sud denly you're working on a recipe with them and you see they're a really good cook. 'This is true of other team-bonding pursuits, of course. And fortunatey most people are willing to give cooking a try, as the minimal level of competence in the kitchen is relatively low. What's more, the kitchen can represent a microcosm of the working world, with a deadline, limited resources to work with and a requirement for cooperation. Ms Gignilliat said that unlike the corporate world, where co-workers might be collaborating on a project for a year, in the cooking class' they can see results after an hour'.
 Some of the most gratifying results can come from a cooking event with people who barely know one another. Ms Gignilliat said she started doing cuisine-centred team-building eight years ago, when 40 or so executives arrived in San Francisco from Asia to negotiate a deal. The local law firm they were working with setup a team-building class with Ms Gignilliatat the home of one of the lawyers.
 Ms Gignilliat was sceptical at first. 'I walked into the living room and they were stand ing in a circle, very formally, and no one was talking ,' she recalled. She tried to break the silence with a cheerful, 'OK! Who wants to cook!' No response.
 Once she managed to get the men to the kitchen and into aprons, she showed them how to make stuffed chicken and straw berry cheesecake. 'By the end of the night, everyone was having fun,' she recalled. Ms Gignilliat heard later that her class had been the high light of the group's two-week stay in San Francisco. 'That's when I knew I was on to something ,' she said . 'Food is a universal language and nothing brings people together better than creating a meal.'
[Source: PREMIUM B2, Workbook, Pearson 2010]
Question 23: In paragraph 6, Ms Gignilliat states that the course often works best with.....
A. large groups of executives from different countries. B. people who don’t know each other well.
C. people who regularly work together on projects.	 D. people who know each other well.
Question 24: What does the phrase caught on in paragraph 2 mean?
A. became popular or fashionable	B. tried to get people involved
C. got better and reached a certain standard	D. started to understand something
Question 25: Stephen Gibbs believes that.....
A. cooking together reduces the differences in people’s status.
B. people who give orders at work are also leaders in thekitchen.
C. everyone has to do an equal amount of work when cooking.
D. cooking is a good example of a hierarchical activity.
Question 26: In paragraph 4, Bibby Gignilliat says that cooking classes help people to.....
A. become better, more confident cooks.
B. form better relationships than other team-building courses.
C. change their attitude to their colleagues.
D. learn new ways of preparing food from each other.
Question 27: What did Ms Gignilliat discover after her first cooking course?
A. There was a demand for longer courses.	B. The menu she selected was a popular choice.
C. It worked well as a team-building activity.	D. The group wanted to repeat the experience.
Question 28: According to the first paragraph, team-building courses are......
A. held in the place where people work.	B. directly related to the world of business.
C. organised outside the place of work.	D. too expensive for companies.
Question 29: In paragraph 5, what does Ms Gignilliat say is an advantage of cooking courses?
A. People remember the projects years after they finish thecourse.
B. There aren't the same pressures as in normal working life.
C. People get the satisfaction of seeing results in a short time.
D. People quickly develop a high level of competence in the kitchen.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 36.
IS JENNY COMING OUT TO PLAY?
 Whatever happened to the familiar scenes from the past of children with grass-stained knees wrestling on the front lawn, or chasing after grasshoppers and toads while their parents chatted amicably with the neighbours over the fence? This idyllic picture is fading fast as today s children are spending increasingly more time indoors in front of a screen.
 Writer Richard Louv coined a name for this trend of humans losing touch with their environment as they plug in their technology. He calls it “nature deficit disorder” in his 2005 book, Last Child in the Woods. Louv introduces the idea that the rise in behavioural problems and learning disabilities, particularly among boys aged 6 to 12, may be directly linked to the fact that children spend so little time outdoors these days.
 According to Louv, kids who spend time outdoors are less likely to get sick, or become stressed or aggressive. They’re also more flexible, perform better in school, and are generally happier and healthier. 
 Author and professor, Bryan Caplan, says the trend is partly due to parents’ desire to shelter their children: “One of the hardest parts of parenthood is worrying that something terrible will happen to your child. The news is full of stories about paren